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Date of Patent:
Dec. 18, 2018

Filed:

Mar. 06, 2017
Applicant:

Saudi Arabian Oil Company, Dhahran, SA;

Inventor:

Anas Almarzooq, Eastern Province, SA;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 49/00 (2006.01); G01V 11/00 (2006.01); G06Q 50/02 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 49/00 (2013.01); G01V 11/00 (2013.01); G06Q 50/02 (2013.01);
Abstract

Techniques for determining an amount of chert in a rock formation include identifying first logging data for a selected zone of a first subterranean formation that includes chert, quartz, and zircon; identifying second logging data for a second subterranean formation that is different than the first subterranean formation, the second subterranean formation including chert, quartz, and zircon; determining a first volumetric ratio of quartz to zircon in the selected zone based on the first logging data; determining a second volumetric ratio of quartz to zircon based on the second logging data; determining a maximum value of the second volumetric ratio; and calculating, based on the first and second volumetric ratios and the maximum value of the second volumetric ratio, a volumetric percentage of chert in the selected zone.


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